HC: Family Division (Uganda)

The Family Division was created in  April 2005 as a division of the high court that handles: Administration causes, Family causes, (Adoption, Guardianship, Affiliation/maintenance), Miscellaneous causes, Miscellaneous applications, Civil appeals, Civil suits, Originating summons, Civil revisions and Divorce cases.

Physical address
Makindye Chief Magistrates' Court at Mobutu Road .
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Judgment date
December 2010

 

20 December 2010

 

14 December 2010
November 2010

 

18 November 2010

 

1 November 2010
September 2010
A purported will declared invalid, intestate succession established, and widow's proprietary rights to matrimonial home upheld over plaintiff's claims.
Succession law – Validity of wills – Attestation requirements under the Succession Act – Property rights of surviving spouse – Administration of estates – Fraudulent grant of Letters of Administration – Intestacy and proprietary rights of widows in matrimonial homes.
29 September 2010
August 2010

 

18 August 2010
July 2010
The court upheld the plaintiff's claim of fraudulent land transfer, ordering restoration of the title and costs.
Civil procedure - land recovery - fraudulent transfer - land ownership - burden of proof in absence of cross-examination.
27 July 2010
May 2010

 

25 May 2010